by Asa Winstanley

Last week US President Donald Trump’s administration made a notable move. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the US is reversing previous policy which basically accepted that Israel’s colonial settlements in the occupied West Bank are a violation of international law.

by Elif Selin Calik

In collaboration with major industrial countries like the US and France, several Mediterranean countries have discovered oil and gas resources under the sea bed. The aim of these countries is twofold: to achieve energy self-sufficiency, and to sell any surplus on the open market.

by Xinhua writer Tian Dongdong

BRUSSELS, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- For far too long, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has without merit bashed China as he scrambled to distract the international community from problems of his country's own making.

When Pompeo urged the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) alliance to unite against a so-called "China threat" on Wednesday at a news conference at NATO headquarters here, he was met with utter indifference.

by Ramona Wadi

In an unsurprising move which exposes the ongoing US commitment to establish new paradigms for Israel in which Palestine is completely eliminated, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared Israeli settlements as “not necessarily illegal”.

By Seema Khan

The Ayodhya verdict has raised more questions than it has answered. Instead of putting to rest the issue and settling the issue, it has raised more questions, doubts and has set a wrong precedent for the future.

by Yvonne Ridley

by Ramzy Baroud

17 Nov 2019; MEMO: An Israeli attack on Gaza was imminent, and not because of any provocations by Palestinian groups in the besieged, impoverished Gaza Strip. The Israeli military escalation was foreseeable because it factors neatly in Israel’s contentious political scene. The war was not a question of “if”, but “when”.

by Nasim Ahmed

by Dr Brendan Ciarán Browne

14 Nov 2019; MEMO: The extrajudicial killing of Bahaa Abu Al-Ata of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement, the second largest faction in the Gaza Strip, has triggered a predictable spike in “conflict related incidents”. As always, it is the Palestinian civilian population residing in the much maligned Gaza Strip who are affected disproportionately.

by Xinhua writers Lin Zhaohui, Yan Liang

BRASILIA, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- The 11th BRICS summit to take place here on Nov. 13-14 is poised to usher in a second "golden decade" for more fruitful cooperation of the emerging-market group.

The past 10 years since its first summit in Russia are suitably dubbed a "golden decade" for BRICS, which was originally made up of Brazil, Russia, India and China, and expanded in 2011 to include South Africa.

by Khalil Al-Anani

12 Nov 2019; MEMO: General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi is trying to build an individual dictatorship to rival those of the 20th century. He seems certain that it will cement his name in history as one of the “greatest leaders” of Egypt in modern times.

by Abdul Sattar Qassem

11 Nov 2019; MEMO: Finally, it appears that the two major factions, Fatah and Hamas — or rather the Palestinian Authority and Hamas — are preparing for elections. What’s more, both sides reaffirm their willingness to hold elections that are 10 years overdue.